Improvement in curriers  tools



following,y is a speeiiieation.

" "Figure 2, alongitndinal mi @die JAMEST. Bl. RNSTEA D, or .PEABoDnMASSACHUSETTS.

' Leners ment NQ.;11 1,s01`,d,ed February 21,1811:

nuPuoi/Email' IN CuRRiERs"-"roo|.s.

` The Sehednlle 4rizafrsrrec to' these Letters Patnt and mkiug part ofthe same..

I, J uns 'l. Bknss'rsso, of Peabody, Vin the county of -Essex sind Stateot' Massachusetts, here invented. certain improvements in Curriersloois, oi which the Figure 3, a cross-section on line o d? of l.A

Figure 4,. a longitudinal section of cross-handle through line efofiigifl. v .liigure 5, a cross-section vf the shank on line g h of'Similar letters of reference indicate alike parts in -ali the figures.

The stonk made-in two parte, which, wiredl unrted, grasp the blades Blirmly and .hold them 'iu properposition.

vlhe erosshandle G has a 'mets-il soeket-D,linto which the shank of thesteek is fitted.

'1 herod E passes through the handle and through fthe two 'parte oftheslm'nk,eud is secured Ain place by t'heiiut E, thus holding,r theeross-handle firmly onto the cstock.

'lhe ordinary n 'iethod of fixing this cioss-h'andle in `the knife incommon use is to allow the shank to projeetthrongh the eross-haudle,with a unt bywhieh it is held on. Besides being a very imperfect methodof xiugthe handle, the nut is inconvenient to the work\' man on accountofehafing the hands.

".lhel two arts ofthe stoek nearest the eross-handle nre made so V atthe line of' separation:between thetwo parts is at right angles with theliaiseupon which the blades are placed, forming a shoulder-joint, sothat in yworking,r with it the. parts hear one against the other, tohold the two parts of the stock in a parallel posi tion and prevent onepart slipping by the other. This joint is shown in iig. 5.

Ilhe other end oi' thestock is secured by a ring, G, which, by means ofa leftnand screw-thread, binds this end ofthe stock together.

VThis ring also formsaferrule for the handle H,

'wliieh slips oven the shank'a'nd isseenred h v the unt 1,- whieh iseonntersnnk in the-handh-, andhas a righthand thread. lhese-threads,bearing one against the other, keep. the-handle- H lirm and 'tight onthe shank, and in using the tool it s not liable to become loosened. iThe' two parts of the .steek Aare so madet-hatin the middle, where the;knives are grasped by.it,'it isa,

' little thielger than'at. the ends, or, iatherfthev inside of the steekis veryslightly enrved, so that all. the

strain is brought on the 4ends and held by the appli-` anees used tokeep the two' partsltogetheh lt may he desirable to: liave aferrule-i'ing attireend nearest the cross-handle 'its well as at theother end .f' inorder to more ful/ly'aceomplishjthe purpose named. inthe preceding paragraph.

fsettion,lig.n 35,A so that the parten the imoksideof the knife, andagainst which it hearsin use, is'thiekexgthan 'the tiefst side, thisextra thickness being en -opposite 'sidesof the stock,

Iirthe'ordiuary'knife the stock issloped down or; each vside to .theknife, and it isdiiieult tolkeep ther blades from bending'whileiuuse,.and when. thefblads bend orzeurve it is impossible to make cleaneutor' shaving with `it.

The' screws X are used in the common knife for the purpose of holdingthe stock together. 'flu myimproved knife they are used simply-'te keepthe VI )lades out the'proper .'distanve'ii'omthe stock.

This invention is the result of iuueh practical ex,-

The stoek is. made in theshape Ai'-ipresented in theperienee in then'seiofa eurriei"s knife, 'andffully obvintes the many objeetionsto thecommon tool iu" general use.

1 claim as my invention.- 1. The improved eurriers tool, madesubstantially as described.

2. A eurriers tool, lhaving; that, part ofthe stock against which theknife bears made thicker than the opposite side, in the manner shownandset forth.

3. Theimproved method of attaehingand holding the handles of aeurreiistool, as described and shown.

JAMES l. BAENSTEAD,

Witnesses J. A. BAsss'nT. J.B.N 1eno1.s.

